Staff & Board

Angel has been a youth work professional since 2004, directing programs in mental health, school-based, and community-based settings. She is currently the Director of Programs for the Duluth Community School Collaborative, a nonprofit intermediary and OST program provider in partnership with Duluth Public Schools. Angel has a BA in Studio Arts with an emphasis in Women's Studies from the College of St. Catherine. She has earned several youth work action research fellowships, authored an article for the Journal of Youth Development, and contributed to the Hubert Project E-Study, A Youth Work Lens on Human Development. Angel has served on the board of directors and the continuous program improvement workgroup at Ignite since 2020. Angel lives in rural Duluth and loves celebrating nature with her partner, their daughter, a fat cat, and five (very unnatural) chickens.

Cani Adan has served as the Program Coordinator at Afro American Development association Minnesota- North Dakota. He has more than 12 years of experience in Workforce development, Youth and Women Empowerment, and Human Rights. 

Cani has been appointed by the superintendent of Moorhead Area Public Schools ISD #152 as a member of the leadership task force through carrying out interviews, surveys to students and parents, and teachers and recommendations about the general teaching of the school, healthy classroom, strategy, parent teachers’ connections, issues of discrimination and bridging the gap between New Americans parents and the students and the administration.

Mukund’s professional career over the last 25 years spans global industrial and health care markets requiring interaction with cross-functional, multi-cultural teams. A strong leader with personal initiative and commitment, able to motivate through articulating a vision and executing it through clear communication, team work, organization and planning. Among the organizations he has worked for, including General Motors, Medtronic and 3M Company, Mukund has had positions of responsibility in running businesses, portfolio management and strategic planning. Mukund has served as a volunteer with several Twin Cities organizations and hopes to bring these skills to Ignite Afterschool.

Mukund graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse University, New York, followed by a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Natalya (she/her/ella) consistently works to support, guide, and expand opportunities for low-income and BIPOC communities to access and engage with information, education, networks, and resources. Motivated by the institutional barriers that she experienced, Natalya became passionate about out-of-school time support through accessible community education and capacity-building.

Natalya has work experience in government, non-profits, and higher education. Prior to her current role as the Local Program Coordinator with CEED, she was the Coordinator for a culturally specific, college access and mentorship program: Youth in Action (YA!) at CLUES. In an effort to engage her students to connect more deeply with themes and discussions, she redesigned the program's curriculum to follow our ever-changing socio-political contexts.

Natalya holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Political Science from Augsburg University and is a certified ELL teacher.

In her free time, Natalya enjoys creating colorful beaded jewelry, decorating her home with unique second-hand finds, making tea, and spending quality time with her friends, family, and cats.

Tracie Clanaugh has served as a leader in the field of Youth Development since 1990 when she began her career at the Duluth Area Family YMCA.  At the YMCA she has served as Youth and Family Program Director, YMCA Camp Miller Director and has most recently serves as Executive Director of the Community Services Branch of the YMCA. In addition to the Duluth YMCA she worked with ten school districts in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan; securing and implementing a 10 district 21st Century Community Learning Center project in 3 counties.  Her work as a leader includes extensive staff and volunteer training, collaborative leadership in a number of collaborations that work to serve youth in our community and management of high-quality program that align with the mission of our organization.